September 12, 2022
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The Urban League of Rochester will host its third annual Interrupt Racism Summit Sept. 19 to 21. The three-day event includes virtual and in-person programming.
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August 30, 2021
Comments Off on RASE Commission to launch community leadership phase of implementation plan
The county of Monroe and city of Rochester have launched an updated website for the Commission on Racial and Structural Equity (RASE) ahead of the Community Leadership phase of its implementation plan. “The work of the Commission on Racial and ...
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April 30, 2021
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The city of Rochester and the County of Monroe have completed their initial analysis of the recommendations made by the Commission on Racial and Structural Equity (RASE) report, which was presented to the community six weeks ago. “The completion of ...
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October 23, 2020
Comments Off on Irondequoit establishes racial equity commission
The Irondequoit Town Board has created the Irondequoit Commission Advancing Racial Equity (ICARE), a citizen-led commission charged with ensuring that Irondequoit is a community of respect and equality for all residents. The Town Board passed a proclamation at its meeting ...
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October 5, 2020
Comments Off on Racial Equity Challenge coming to Finger Lakes
Businesses and organizations in the Finger Lakes Region will have an opportunity to improve racial equity through a new initiative convened by the United Way of Greater Rochester Inc. Greater Rochester’s 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge will begin Oct. 23 and ...
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July 20, 2020
Comments Off on Racism exhibit returns to RMSC
The “Take It Down! Organizing Against Racism” traveling exhibit has returned to its home at Rochester Museum & Science Center. This exhibit, about the Dentzel Menagerie Carousel panel, discusses racism in the past and today, and inspires new dialogues about ...
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November 1, 2018
Comments Off on Abdul-Jabbar stops by UR to talk about a ‘new equality’
He was considered the best basketball player of all time. And after six seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks and 14 with the Los Angeles Lakers during its 1980s dynasty era, Kareem Abdul- Jabbar went on to act, advocate, write, teach, ...
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November 3, 2017
Comments Off on Race, Responsibility and Leadership event rescheduled
A two-day event to discuss business, leadership and race has been rescheduled for December. Noted Cambridge, Mass., speaker and educator Debby Irving will join several area business leaders to describe her struggle to understand racism and racial tensions. Irving will ...
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